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Posted on August 18, 2016 by Sharanya Manivannan
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Sharanya Manivannan

I’m the author of five books: a novel, The Queen of Jasmine Country (HarperCollins India, 2018), a short story collection, The High Priestess Never Marries (HarperCollins India, 2016), two books of poetry, Witchcraft (Bullfighter Books, 2008) and The Altar of the Only World (HarperCollins India, 2017); and a picture book for children, The Ammuchi Puchi (Lantana Publishing, 2016 & Puffin India, 2018).

My column, “The Venus Flytrap”, appears in The New Indian Express. I was specially commissioned to write and perform an original poem at the Commonwealth Day Observance at Westminister Abbey in 2015. I’m currently working on a novel, Constellation of Scars, among other poetry, fiction and illustration projects. I was born in India in 1985, and grew up in Sri Lanka and Malaysia; I have been living in Chennai since 2007.

On this blog you’ll find links to my writing, unedited versions of my work that appears in newspapers and magazines… and nowhere near as much chaos, miscellany and whimsy as life actually contains. :) You can find some of that, though, on my Instagram. I’m also on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.

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Contact

sharanya(.)manivannan(@)gmail(.)com

My Books

The Queen of Jasmine Country (2018)

The Altar of the Only World (2017)

The High Priestess Never Marries (2016)

The Ammuchi Puchi (2016)

Witchcraft (2008)

On Twitter

  • RT @chintan_connect: It was an honour to interview @ranyamanivannan, who spins wondrous tales about love & loss, for @htTweets. She is the… 8 hours ago
  • Just posted a photo @ Batticaloa instagram.com/p/CLw9e-OJTjY/… 9 hours ago
  • RT @ranyamanivannan: Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/CLuQme2prmW/… 9 hours ago
  • Chennai - 148 new reported coronavirus cases on Feb 23, 168 on Feb 25, 180 on Feb 26. *Sinking feeling* 10 hours ago
  • Attacked. 🥺 Here, you also: twitter.com/broadwaytail/s… 14 hours ago
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On Instagram

It's the first full moon since #MermaidsInTheMoonlight was published, and I'm thinking about how Ila - a mermaid I made up because I needed her to be - is as real to me as any story I've ever heard, any myth or history or rumour that seeped under my skin. (More so because of #IncantationsOverWater, which she narrates). I'm thinking of what the water gave me. I'm thinking of how Ila says, in my manuscript: "Deeper, deeper, deeper, my love. It goes deeper, deeper, deeper than that." I'm not thinking at all, to tell you the truth. I'm savouring.
I've noticed that it's never the wrong time (for someone, somewhere) for me to speak/write of #loneliness. Have you read this interview? #Repost @tarshingo
Still grumpy. Still cute. Still can't swim.
Remember when social media was still fun and not full of your promo or mine or theirs, and a nice pair of earrings was enough reason for a random post? Sigh. (Speaking of barely remembering - I don't know where I got these - sorry!)
I'm really looking forward to this IG Live, in which I will be talking to the @weloquent team about #MermaidsInTheMoonlight, #TheAmmuchiPuchi and my love for #kidlit! 🎐
There is an arch with three mermaids on it in Uranee, at the northern entrance of Batticaloa town on the Trincomalee/A15 highway. Until a few years ago, it was painted with words of greeting as you entered this "மீன்பாடும் தேன் நகரம்". I don't have the complete Tamil line with me anymore, but I do have the note I made translating it: "The honey-sweet city where the fishes sing welcomes you with affection".

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